Recently, many European countries have ushered in the second wave of the COVID-19 epidemic. The epidemic situation in many countries has once again become urgent. In the face of a rebound in the epidemic, the number of confirmed cases has surged. Germany and France have announced “city closures”, Italy, Spain, and Belgium have implemented strict restrictive measures. The United Kingdom has On the same day, Austria announced a nationwide second lockdown. So far, 12 countries in Europe have issued blockades.
The lockdown has caused chaos in the city, and traffic congestion has directly affected the delivery of international express delivery. Express delivery services in Europe may be completely suspended. The chain reaction behind the city closure has also brought huge challenges to domestic and foreign traders.
The United Kingdom announced that it will enter the second comprehensive “blockade” starting from November 5
On the evening of October 31, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson held a press conference At the meeting, it was announced that the second comprehensive blockade would be implemented in England from November 5 until December 2. At that time, except for supermarkets selling daily necessities, non-essential facilities and institutions such as restaurants and entertainment will be closed. Unlike the first comprehensive lockdown this spring, primary schools, universities and other campuses in the UK will remain open during this lockdown.
Johnson said that under the existing local restrictions, there may be insufficient medical capacity, and national restrictions are the only option.
“The virus is spreading faster than the worst-case scenario predicted by our scientific advisers, and you just saw the model predicting the number of daily deaths in the UK if we don’t take action It could be in the thousands, a higher death rate than we saw in April,” he said.
The Austrian Chancellor announced the second “blockade” measures
On October 31, local time, Austrian Prime Minister Kurz announced the second “blockade” measure. From 0:00 on November 3, Austria will implement a curfew from 20:00 to 6:00 the next day. No going out is allowed for essential reasons. All restaurants and bars are prohibited from providing dine-in service, but can provide takeaway service. The school’s lower grades and kindergarten will remain open, and high school and college students will adopt online learning methods. The new epidemic prevention measures stipulate that various leisure venues will be closed for a month, including theaters, cinemas, museums and other places.
At the same time, the government calls on people to work from home as much as possible. In contrast to the first lockdown measures in the spring, shops and hairdressers in Austria will remain open, with disinfection measures in addition to mask requirements.
In addition, nursing home staff need to undergo mandatory testing once a week, and visitors must show proof of a negative COVID-19 test within 24 hours, otherwise they must wear an FFP2 equivalent or higher standard masks.
The Austrian Prime Minister said that the strict measures were taken to once again reduce the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19. Austria’s health system is one of the best in the world, but the health system also has limitations. , if measures are not taken, there will not be enough hospital beds to treat more COVID-19 patients, and we will not allow this to happen.
Portugal mandates remote working
On October 31, local time, Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa announced a response to the new coronavirus epidemic. new policy.
The new policy requires that you cannot go out except for necessary activities such as work, school, shopping or sports; activities and celebrations must not exceed 5 people (except those who live together); exhibitions are prohibited Meetings and markets; teleworking is compulsory except under absolutely necessary circumstances.
These measures will come into effect on November 4 and will be reviewed every two weeks.
Twelve European countries have issued blockade orders
On Saturday Before the UK, Austria, and Portugal announced blockade measures, many countries in Europe had already entered blockades:
France: Re-implemented blockade measures from October 30 until at least December 1 day.
Germany: Starting from November 2, the country will be “locked down” for one month. Most public facilities, dining and entertainment venues will be closed throughout the country, and personal travel will be restricted.
Belgium: The country will launch a second lockdown on November 2, which will last for at least one and a half months.
Italy: From October 26 to November 24, gyms, cinemas, swimming pools and other crowd gathering places are also required to temporarily close, and the business hours of bars, restaurants and other catering establishments shorten.
Spain: As of October 29, only 4 regions in Spain have not implemented measures to restrict residents’ entry and exit. The other regions have closed their borders and prohibit people from freely entering and exiting except in cases of force majeure.
Greece: Ioannina and Thrace were upgraded from the third “orange enhanced surveillance level” to the fourth “red danger level” on the country’s epidemic map , for this reason the Greek government decided to implement blockade measures on the above two places from 6 a.m. on the 29th
According to incomplete statistics,”Unlimited quantitative easing”, which may cause the U.S. dollar index to fall and the U.S. dollar to RMB exchange rate to fall, that is, the U.S. dollar depreciates.
The U.S. dollar depreciation will shrink foreign trade companies’ U.S. dollar foreign exchange settlements.
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How to deal with it: The exchange rate changes in real time, either high or low, but if the epidemic breaks out again, the global economy may become weaker, so it may cause the dollar to renminbi to decline. The exchange rate will continue to fall.
9. Financial pressure becomes greater
Challenges that may be faced: Under the epidemic, the economy is weak, consumption power is weakening, and the flow of goods is slow, which directly causes foreign customers to be unwilling to accept full payment or reduce deposit payment, which leads to greater financial pressure on exporters.
In special times, do what everyone can do. In terms of collection, assess risks as much as possible to prevent companies from becoming overly passive.
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